(7-02) 2nd
Manassas Tour Stop 11 (Stone Bridge), view looking southwest. 2002 NPS Tour
Guide: Finally, under cover of darkness, the
defeated Union army withdrew across Bull Run in this vicinity toward
Centreville and the Washington defenses beyond. Lee's bold and brilliant
Second Manassas campaign opened the way for the South's first invasion of
the north and possible European recognition of the Confederate government